President Duterte has appointed two more former military officers to hold key positions in the Department of National Defense (DND), one of them was a member of the soldiers who staged a mutiny against President Arroyo in 2003.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (REY BANIQUET/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana accepted the appointment papers and led the oath-taking ceremony for retired Maj. Gen. Angelito de Leon and former Navy Lt, Senior Grade James Layug.
De Leon, a member of the Philippine Military Academy PMA) Class 1984, was designated as Assistant Secretary for Plans and Programs while Layug, a member of the PMA Class 1995, was named director under the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Installations and Self-Reliant Defense Posture.
“I promise to serve at the Department of National Defense with dedication to fulfill the programs of our President and our Secretary of National Defense. I am very glad to be back and I look forward to seeing you all in the future,” de Leon said.
“Now, I am here appointed to be part of this great institution. I would like to thank President Rodrigo Roa Duterte for the trust and confidence he has placed on me. I would like to thank Secretary Lorenzana and the One Defense Team for accepting me as a member of the family,” Layug said.
Before joining the DND, Layug was a ranking official of Bureau of Customs, the same time when the issue of smuggling of P6.4 billion worth of shabu became controversial.
The issue had prompted several former military officers, almost all of them took part in the Oakwood Mutiny, to resign from their posts.
Based on his appointment papers, Layug was assigned to the DND effective July 2 this year.
For his part, de Leon was previously the commander of the 7th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army based in Fort Magsaysay, in Nueva Ecija. His former designations include Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations (J3) and Chief of the AFP Command Center.
https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/07/07/duterte-names-two-more-former-military-officers-to-key-dnd-posts/
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